A composition containing the following components: (a) a polysiloxane having at least one alkenyl functional group and at least one alkoxy functional group; (b) a mercapto-functional polysiloxane with at least one mercapto functionality; (c) a silane crosslinker with at least two alkoxy groups per molecule; (d) a photoinitiator; (e) a combination of zirconium tetraalkoxylate and alkylacetoacetate at a mole ratio in a range of 1:1 to 1:4.

A composition contains (a) a silicon-free mercapto compound comprising 2 or more mercapto groups; (b) a linear polyorganosiloxane containing one or more than one terminally unsaturated alkenyl group, 40 mole-percent or more phenyl groups relative to moles of silicon atoms and at least one alkoxysilyl group per molecule; (c) a resinous polyorganosiloxane containing one or more than one terminally unsaturated alkenyl group and 20 mole-percent or more phenyl groups relative to moles of silicon atoms; (d) a photoinitiator; and (e) a moisture cure catalyst; and wherein the molar ratio of mercapto groups to terminally unsaturated alkenyl groups in the composition is in a range of 0.3 to 2.0.

A method of preparing a superabsorbent polymer includes preparing a base resin in which an acrylic acid-based monomer having acidic groups which are at least partially neutralized and an internal crosslinking agent are crosslinked; and heating the base resin in the presence of a surface crosslinking agent to carry out surface modification of the base resin, wherein the internal crosslinking agent includes a first epoxy crosslinking agent having an epoxy equivalent weight of 100 g/eq or more to less than 130 g/eq, and a second epoxy crosslinking agent having an epoxy equivalent weight of 130 g/eq or more. A superabsorbent polymer having improved rewetting property liquid permeability is also provided.

The invention relates to a cationically curable composition with at least one cationically polymerizable component, a first photoinitiator releasing an acid when irradiated with actinic radiation of a first wavelength λ.sub.1, and a second photoinitiator releasing an acid when irradiated with actinic radiation of a second wavelength λ.sub.2, wherein the second wavelength λ.sub.2 is shorter than the first wavelength λ.sub.1, and wherein the second photoinitiator, after irradiation of the composition with actinic radiation of the first wavelength λ.sub.1, shows an absorption of actinic radiation of the second wavelength λ.sub.2 in the composition that is sufficient to activate the second photoinitiator and fix the composition. Furthermore, a method is described for the joining, casting, molding, sealing and/or coating of substrates using the cationically curable composition.

Disclosed is a double-crosslinked self-healing hydrogel having excellent mechanical properties and stability and self-healing properties. More particularly, the hydrogel can be injected into the body due to excellent mechanical properties and stability thereof, and thus, can be used as a hydrogel for drug and cell delivery. In addition, the hydrogel can be usefully used as a composition for 3D bioprinters due to self-healing properties thereof

Provided is a novel transparent adhesive material having low relative permittivity as well as excellent adhesive characteristics, whereby an olefinic polymer resin layer and an acrylic polymer adhesive layer can be suitably integrated. Suggested is a transparent adhesive material provided with an outermost surface layer containing an acrylic polymer (B) and a photocrosslinking initiator, and an intermediate layer containing an olefinic polymer (A), a crosslinking agent, and a photocrosslinking initiator, in which the intermediate layer contains a (meth)acrylate monomer as the crosslinking agent.

Provided is a novel transparent adhesive material having low relative permittivity as well as excellent adhesive characteristics, whereby an olefinic polymer resin layer and an acrylic polymer adhesive layer can be suitably integrated. Suggested is a transparent adhesive material provided with an outermost surface layer containing an acrylic polymer (B) and a photocrosslinking initiator, and an intermediate layer containing an olefinic polymer (A), a crosslinking agent, and a photocrosslinking initiator, in which the intermediate layer contains a (meth)acrylate monomer as the crosslinking agent.

The present invention relates to a shock-absorbing nanostructured polymer alloy, comprising: a (meth)acrylic polymer matrix comprising one or more (meth)acrylic polymer(s), said (meth)acrylic polymer matrix forming a (meth)acrylic network, and, at least one polyborodimethylsiloxane (PBDMS) distributed in the (meth)acrylic polymer matrix, the polyborodimethylsiloxane forming a network, the polyborodimethylsiloxane network and the (meth)acrylic network being intertwined. The invention also relates to a chemical composition for the manufacture of such an alloy as well as a process for manufacturing a part made of such an alloy.

A matrix resin composition for fiber reinforced composite materials is described. The resin is thermosetting and achieves a glass transition temperature of at least 177° C. (Tg), obtained by curing at room temperature. The matrix resin will streamline composite fabrication processes by eliminating the need for heating during the cure process. The implications of this development are significant in terms of the ease of use and elimination of procedural steps. While the resin system was developed specifically for vacuum bagging, it is expected to be viable for other composite fabrication methods including resin transfer molding (RTM) and vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). The resin system is viable for use with carbon fiber reinforcements to fabricate laminates at least 0.20 inches thick. The resulting laminates have low porosity and mechanical properties equivalent to those prepared with common epoxy matrix resins.

A high-performance triple-crosslinked polymer and a preparation method thereof are provided. The polymer is obtained by curing and cross-linking a monomer having two epoxy groups, a cross-linking monomer and a functional monomer. The polymer contains a cross-linking network formed by covalent bonds and two types of multi-level hydrogen bonds with different strengths. The interaction strength between the covalent bonds and the two types of hydrogen bonds decreases in a gradient. The dilemma of the strength-ductility tradeoff in a high-performance polymer is overcome by forming a triple-crosslinked network with covalent bonds and multi-level hydrogen bonds with different strengths in the polymer. The dynamic and hierarchical hydrogen bonds are broken and recombined timely and continuously to concurrently maintain the complete structure of the polymer network and enable the polymer network to quickly respond to the transmission and dissipation of the external environment.